I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion.

  • -- Pierre Corneille 高乃依

我不知道如何为自己辩护:惊讶的天真无法想象受到怀疑。

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So I am totally aware that when I defend the autonomy of art I'm going counter to my own development. It's more an instinctive reaction, meant to protect the private aspect of the work, the part I am most interested in and which nowadays is at risk in our culture.

所以我完全意识到,当我捍卫艺术的自主性时,我是在与我自己的发展背道而驰。这更像是一种本能的反应,意在保护作品的隐私方面,这是我最感兴趣的部分,如今在我们的文化中处于危险之中。

That is not to say that we can relax our readiness to defend ourselves. Our armament must be adequate to the needs, but our faith is not primarily in these machines of defense but in ourselves.

这并不是说我们可以放松对自卫的准备。我们的军备必须足以满足需要,但我们的信念主要不在于这些防御机器,而在于我们自己。

I'm one of those writers who, when writing, believes she's god-and that she hasn't bestowed free will on any of her characters. In that sense there are no surprises in any of my books.

我是那些作家中的一员,当她写作的时候,她相信她是上帝,她没有赋予她的任何角色自由意志。从这个意义上说,我的任何一本书都没有什么令人惊讶的地方。

Imagine if you suddenly woke up and your whole life had been a dream, and you're actually a completely different person living a different life in a different world.

想象一下,如果你突然醒来,你的整个生活都是一场梦,你实际上是一个完全不同的人,在一个不同的世界里过着不同的生活。

Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, and for a defense only! It is the safeguard of justice and the security of innocence.

怨恨似乎是大自然给我们的一种防御,而且只是一种防御!这是维护正义和无辜的安全。

What I look for in any character, good or bad, is whether I can hear him speak. If I can imagine him that clearly, then I can write about him.

我在任何性格中寻找的东西,无论好坏,都是我是否能听到他说话。如果我能把他想象得那么清楚,我就能写他了。

There's a moment in every book when the book turns and it surprises me.

每本书都有这样一个时刻,当这本书翻开的时候,我感到很惊讶。

Suspicion may be no fault, but showing it may be a great one.

怀疑也许没有错,但表现出来也许是一个很大的错误。

Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.

与其说无辜是一种保护,不如说是一种罪过。

Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.

怀疑和怀疑导致仇恨和仇恨。

Nothing can make injustice just but mercy.

只有仁慈才能使不公正变得公正。

Injustice can never be stood for.

不公正永远不能容忍。